Table 3.
Distribution of ADR symptoms reported within the last year by symptom and gender
| Category | Level | All† n, % |
Gender‡ | Chi square p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | ||||
| n, % | n, % | ||||
| All | All | 1226, 100 | 593, 48.37 | 633, 51.63 | NA |
| Symptom category | Gastrointestinal disorders | 720, 58.73 | 312, 43.33 | 408, 56.67 | < 0.0001 |
| General disorders and administration site conditions | 242, 19.74 | 109, 45.04 | 133, 54.96 | 0.2782 | |
| Nervous system disorders | 259, 21.13 | 104, 40.15 | 155, 59.85 | 0.0036 | |
| Psychiatric disorders | 92, 7.50 | 45, 48.91 | 47, 51.09 | 0.9999 | |
| Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders | 72, 5.87 | 34, 47.22 | 38, 52.78 | 0.9369 | |
| Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders | 29, 2.37 | 17, 58.62 | 12, 41.38 | 0.3524 | |
| Cardiac disorders | 49, 4.00 | 24, 48.98 | 25, 51.02 | 1.000 | |
| Respiratory, thoracic, mediastinal disorders | 4, 0.33 | 1, 25.00 | 3, 75.00 | 0.6631 | |
| Reproductive system and breast disorders | 50, 4.08 | 46, 92.00 | 4, 8.00 | < 0.0001 | |
| Vascular disorders | 10, 0.82,00 | 1, 10.00 | 9, 90.00 | 0.0340 | |
| Weight increase | 39, 3.18 | 12, 30.77 | 27, 69.23 | 0.0382 | |
| Renal and urinary disorders | 11, 0.90 | 4, 36.36 | 7, 63.64 | 0.6190 | |
| Eye disorders | 19, 1.55 | 10, 52.63 | 9, 47.37 | 0.8860 | |
| Increased appetite | 30, 2.45 | 13, 43.33 | 17, 56.67 | 0.0007 | |
| Immune system disorders | 9, 0.73 | 5, 55.56 | 4, 44.44 | 0.9217 | |
| Other symptoms | 153, 12.48 | 93, 60.78 | 60, 39.22 | 0.0014 | |
†Column reports column percentages
‡Columns report row percentages